One. At the age of 10, he was an extra in Oxnard College’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Two. Need for speed: In high school, he crashed a moped and later a car. “He doesn’t do anything slowly,” said his wife, Katherine Faulconer. “Except golf.”

Three. Despite Democratic parents, he became a Republican — “turned to the dark side,” jokes his father, Jim Faulconer — in college.

Four. Transcript: At San Diego State, earned an A in two academic courses — American Indian History and Leadership — plus top marks for Beginning Martial Arts, Intermediate Karate, Beginning Conditioning, Beginning Gym Apparatus and Advanced Surfing. Worst grade: C- for Introduction to the Theater.

An Alcurrucen's ranch fighting bull is seen during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)— AP

An Alcurrucen's ranch fighting bull is seen during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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Five. Near death experience: During post-graduation trip to Europe, he ran with the bulls in Spain.

Six. “Something most people don’t know about him,” said Karen Hutchens, a former boss at a public relations firm, is “he is quite an impressionist. His favorite thing was to do impressions of me. Behind my back.”

Seven. Occasional golf partner: San Diego Municipal Employees Association Chief Michael Zucchet, who defeated Faulconer in his first city council race.

Eight. Favorite band: “Van Halen,” said his sister, Melissa Alegre, a teacher at Barrio Logan’s Burbank Elementary. “He was and still is a big Van Halen fan.”

The statues of Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel and his Cat in the Hat were installed at UCSD's Geisel Library in 2004— File photo